Telescopes & Astronomy
Beginner Telescopes
Buying your first telescope? Browse our curated selection of beginner telescopes.
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AUD $895.00Backorder Available
- Enables automatic alignment of your Celestron computerized telescope
- No need to identify or locate any star in the sky–StarSense automatically aligns your telescope, so you can begin observing in minutes
- Aligns in 3 minutes or less
- Provides advanced mount modeling—align on numerous stars throughout the sky for extremely precise GoTo pointing accuracy
- StarSense hand controller included
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AUD $259.00Backorder Available
- Enjoy wide 82º views with Celestron Luminos Eyepieces.
- Retractable eyecup pops up when you need it, drops down when you don’t.
- Sturdy anodized aluminum barrels are threaded for filters.
- A rubber grip keeps the eyepiece securely in your hands, even when it’s cold or you have gloves on.
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AUD $324.99Backorder Available
- Enjoy wide 82º views with Celestron Luminos Eyepieces.
- Retractable eyecup pops up when you need it, drops down when you don’t.
- Sturdy anodized aluminum barrels are threaded for filters.
- A rubber grip keeps the eyepiece securely in your hands, even when it’s cold or you have gloves on.
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AUD $474.99Backorder Available
- Enjoy wide 82º views with Celestron Luminos Eyepieces.
- Retractable eyecup pops up when you need it, drops down when you don’t.
- Sturdy anodized aluminum barrels are threaded for filters.
- A rubber grip keeps the eyepiece securely in your hands, even when it’s cold or you have gloves on.
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AUD $5,449.00Backorder Available
- 8” EdgeHD Optics: Provides superb visual and astro-imaging performance, free of coma and field curvature.
- Rechargeable lithium-iron battery with enough power for 10 hours of continuous observing
- Built-in WiFi: No Hand controller required! Just use your smartphone or tablet which connects to the telescope via WiFi.
- StarSense Auto Align: Automatically aligns your telescope and works with the SkyPortal app for complete wireless control.
- Fastar/HyperStar compatible: Image deep sky objects in seconds at f/2, often eliminating the need to autoguide or track on a wedge.
- NexStar Evolution Mount: Packed with convenient features, including manual release clutches and precision machined worm gears for both axes, tray lighting, USB charge port, tray lighting for your accessories, and more.
- Fully motorized computer go-to: After automatically aligning with StarSense, select and go to objects with a tap on your smartphone.
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AUD $599.00Backorder Available
- Most accurate way to guide – improved accuracy compared to using a separate guide scope
- 12.5 mm multi-coated prism with aluminized backing for maximum reflectivity and illumination to the autoguider
- Fixed-orientation helical focuser for easy, smooth and accurate autoguider focus
- 48mm clear aperture supports full frame cameras without vignetting
- Includes adapters with the correct spacing for DSLR cameras, Nightscape CCD and other popular astroimaging cameras
- Ideal for Schmidt- Cassegrain and EdgeHD telescopes
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AUD $229.99Backorder Available
- Align and control your telescope wirelessly using your smartphone or tablet and Celestron’s free SkyPortal app for iOS and Android devices
- Tap any celestial object you see in the sky to identify it instantly. Tap again and your telescope slews to that object, centering it perfectly in the eyepiece.
- Explore 100,000+ objects in SkyPortal’s database. While you observe, view astroimages and listen to audio descriptions for hundreds of the most popular objects including the planets, Orion Nebula, Hercules Globular Star Cluster, and more.
- Sky Tour feature generates a list of all the best stars, galaxies and nebulae to view based on your exact time and location
- WiFi module is compatible with all current Celestron computerized telescopes and select older models. Unit does not require batteries or external power.
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AUD $164.99Backorder Available
- X-Cel LX eyepieces, optimized for planetary viewing, offer a 60° field of view through a six-element fully multi-coated lens system
- Pop-up rubber eyeguards provide comfort and increase contrast. Raise and lower with a simple twist.
- A treaded rubber grip offers a no-slip grip, even with gloves on
- 1.25” barrels are threaded to accept filters
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AUD $164.99Backorder Available
- X-Cel LX eyepieces, optimized for planetary viewing, offer a 60° field of view through a six-element fully multi-coated lens system
- Pop-up rubber eyeguards provide comfort and increase contrast. Raise and lower with a simple twist.
- A treaded rubber grip offers a no-slip grip, even with gloves on
- 1.25” barrels are threaded to accept filters
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AUD $649.99Backorder Available
- Equatorial wedge for Celestron NexStar 6/8SE and Evolution Alt-Az mounted computerized telescopes
- Enables long exposure astrophotography and autoguiding by tilting the telescope’s azimuth into an equatorial platform allowing it to track an arc around the polar axis.
- For beginner to intermediate planetary and deep space imagers
- Captive hardware, tool-less operation, easily adjusts under load
- All new hefty yet portable design
- Sturdy latitude adjustment screw with easy to read scale and integrated Bubble level
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